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Tengard SFR could be used to help deter bees from boring into treated areas and kill the ones that contact a treated surface.  The mix rate is 1 2/3 fl oz per gallon of water and applied along the foundation, around windows, doors, or where insect activity is observed. The residual is 30 days outdoors. 

We do actually have a Carpenter Bee Kit that is our most popular product(s) for carpenter bee control.  The kit comes with dust and a hand duster to apply in the existing holes.  The dust will kill any carpenter bees that are in the holes and will kill the larvae when they hatch.  After a few days, all of the adult carpenter bees that are in the holes will die.  You can patch the holes at this point.  The kit also comes with a liquid concentrate that you mix with water and apply using a one-gallon hand pump sprayer.  You should treat all of the fascia boards or any surfaces that the carpenter bees seem to be going after.  This will prevent any new holes.  When a carpenter bee lands on the wood surface to make a new hole, it will pick up the product you sprayed on its body and die when it grooms itself.  Carpenter bees are only around for a short time in the spring, and then again in the fall.  You will have to apply both times of the year and then after 2 seasons, there will not be any more larvae in the wood. View our Carpenter Bee Treatment Guide for more information. 

Answer last updated on: 09/10/2021

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